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• Rick Henricus Cornelis Teunissen, Terneuzen Nederland († 2003)
• Joy Marie Bruins, Zeeland, Michigan

• Elisabeth Kemper (86), Emmen, DRE, Nederland
• August Taphorn (81), Oldenburg, Deutschland
• Adrianus Noorlander (60)
• Aaltje Buitenhuis (93)
• Lenie Bouhuisen (75)
• Aaltje Buitenhuis (93)
• Con Mertens (36)
• Cornelis Huijsmans (81), Breda
• Adriana Sijgje Van Oudheusden (80), Zwijndrecht
• Dieuwertje de Ridder (90), Den Burg

• 1986 » Martin Cranie, English footballer
• 1988 » Anthony Straker, English footballer
• 1988 » Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player
• 1988 » Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1989 » Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
• 1989 » Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
• 1993 » Duke Johnson, American football player
• 1994 » John Folau, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

• 1999 » Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)
• 2000 » Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901)
• 2001 » Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)
• 2006 » Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)

1. Thomas
2. Daan
3. Lucas
4. Max
5. Ruben
6. Sem
7. Lars
8. Mike
9. Jesse
10. Jan
11. Sam
12. Remco
13. Martijn
14. Bram
15. Tom
16. Niels

1. Emma
2. Isa
3. Lisa
4. Maria
5. Anna
6. Lieke
7. Anne
8. Laura
9. Nina
10. Catharina-amalia
11. Femke
12. Julia
13. Iris
14. Sanne
15. Lotte
16. Amber

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
• March 12 » The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
• March 24 » The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
• July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
• September 25 » The 8.3 M_w  Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
• November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

The temperature on September 23, 2003 was between 6.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 12.0 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.